Sinebrychoff
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Brewery
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and soft drink
Soft drink
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s company. It was founded in 1819 in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
by Russia
Russia
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n colonist Nikolai Sinebrychoff , and is one of the largest breweries in Finland today. It has since become part of Carlsberg Breweries A/S.
Brief details
The Sinebrychoff brewery claims to be the oldest brewery in Northern Europe. Originally located in Helsinki, the Sinebrychoff brewery is now in KeravaKerava
Kerava is a town and municipality in Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...
.
The Sinebrychoff logo consists of two brewery horses beneath a golden crown. Since 2009, the horses are blue, on a white background. The company also uses the logo with colors reversed, white horses on blue background.
Beer
Most notable Sinebrychoff products are their KoffKoff (beer)
Koff is a brand name used by Sinebrychoff to market a range of lager type beers. Koff, alongside Karhu is one of the most sold beer brands of Sinebrychoff and Finland...
brand of lager
Lager
Lager is a type of beer made from malted barley that is brewed and stored at low temperatures. There are many types of lager; pale lager is the most widely-consumed and commercially available style of beer in the world; Pilsner, Bock, Dortmunder Export and Märzen are all styles of lager...
and Sinebrychoff Porter. Sinebrychoff also produces the popular Karhu
Karhu
Karhu is a Finnish beer brand brewed by the Sinebrychoff brewery in Kerava. It is a pale lager with a strong taste. The brewing of Karhu began in 1898 and in terms of market share, it has become the most popular beer in Finland in the last few years. Currently there are three beers with different...
brand of beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
, as well as other special and seasonal beers and a large amount of other beverages.
Soft drinks
Sinebrychoff owns the license for manufacturing The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company
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's Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
, Fanta
Fanta
Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks from the Coca-Cola Company. There are over 90 flavors worldwide. The drink debuted in Germany in 1941 and originally sold only in Europe.-History:...
, Sprite
Sprite (soft drink)
Sprite is a transparent, lemon-lime flavored , caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced in the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929...
, Bonaqua and Powerade
Powerade
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brands in Finland, as well as the license for manufacturing Schweppes and Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper is a soft drink, marketed as having a unique flavor. The drink was created in the 1880s by Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904 and is now also sold in Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, Australia ...
. Sinebrychoff's own soft drink products include Muumi and Smurffi, the Battery energy drink and Hyvää Päivää health drinks family.